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;V UimJtersnn Batly Bispatdi ,nnU'l'V-FlRST YKAR 1 HENDERSON, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 2, 1044 "uul'1!i,^^^,^,iUSOON FIVE CENTS COPY YANKS BATTLE FOR MARSHALLS FOOTHOLD Reds Progressing Rapidly In Drive Toward City Of Narva INVASION THRUST IS ON THIS MAP of the Marshall Islands, which guard the invasion route tc Japan, points out the centers of action as the greatest naval task forcc in h'ory pounds at the scattered isles and attempts landings. Those key !•: cs where first attention is centered are indicated by stars and includa V,. ;je, Roi. Maloeloo. Kwaialoin and Fniwotok. 'fiilcniational) South Shore Of Gulf In Red Control Estonia Liberation Campaign Pressed By Ruscian Troops Jliwuv, I'd). 2 (Al') Tin* lied army west of Leningrad, pre.v-injr a slnmj; campaign for liberation of Ivstonia after seizinjj the lionler town of Kcikinn, made swilt progress today clown tlic broad highway and railroad which arc parallel iiet wet mi captured Kintri-«*pp ami Narva. Willi tin* «-n j»t 11! f of Kinjiis'iip. the Ir• i >i:ms now control tin- entire southern «=llf >1 «• Of the (illll III Killl.inti. Th:s 'iixrs t a- Italic licet opp'ii iiin.ly !i )j;ii .it-i|);<to in the land lampagin a> il did in helping lilt the .<-ie;;o nf Leningrad. Narva would Ihj one of Hit" gre.itrsl |)vi;'r-; ol tin1 ot Tensive, fur it controls the eastern shore of l.ako Peipus. along which arc numerous fairly large towns. Kani> with its railroads to the south nail west i- a key i>> a * ■ '1 a highway load from the Haiti'area. The railn id to the south and const to Pskov find the line t" the west extends through Kcval (Tallinn.) Two ronmiunientions corners of considerable importance 1 if west o! Narva levvo is 20 miles away and Taps is HO miles !• > the west. Ievv« command.- a road soulhwarvl through the area north ol Lake I'eipus anil is the only connection with the western shore. No railroad runs throtiRh thi- sector. Taps i- a log unction funiicetiiig Reval directlv with Russia atid Poland. Narva, on the west bank m the PJissi.l river. it five miles inside Kstonia and trav lie a tough mil to Soldier Vote Bill Wins First Test In Amendment Defeat Roll Call Vote Is 68 23 Against States' Rights Amendment, First of Series of Changes Suggested W .ishiimton, Fell. 'I—(AIM— , If, administration's Federal hiII.it lull lor tin* armed services in n iu l irst Senate lest today il' lc.it of a "Stales' riKhls" .iiimiiiIiiiciiI aimt'd at reslorinu In' .I il ustration and |mll-ta\ t .muciils as voting <iiialil'iratunis I«ii- those in uniform. • I.I t.ill sole- VV.lS fiii til - ! , •i.. ' 'hi' amendment. lusl ni i | < hiiimcs projected .it tin- I .11ii ti-hackcd («ii i'i'.-l.in, .n il would send .1 li.'.'Ini'.n j Fi'ili ballot to military v"t«•■ I I • iK' iulmcnl, • illcrcil by St•.: 1 — j 1 nloii (L11., I). >. would hiivo I ' ' ill' 1 ledum litrojiijjlf .c • •M i llic \.11 id 11v ol tin- Fed-; (.Til | flllots. 1 -1 i' ilc lest victory In. the lr;ilmn lull (miiic loss •'11.1:1 1 ■ Hit llic Kcdcr.il liiillot 1 ;i rebuff 111 llic House v ■ numbers turned clow 11 .1 •■oil | '■ on ilii' i.s.suc of Fodcr.il j St.ite l.nlMini«. 111111111 OS lillcr till- sill |' • : '• d oil .1 voll'C vote .1 MTI'illl 11 1 imcndmeiil which v.mi!*! . 'I Ilii- si 1 nic cflcrl I ol'H i'iu : ' '|iiii|i(it'iitions. 'I 11'«'|" lill (Cilll flll'.S ol lllC' " ' itcjis lull in its iiirsofit form I ' 1'' s voted against the < >•. - j 1 niciifliin'til. indication tli.il ' • "hniiiistratinii lull i. yet t<> 1 ' III.'.I t\V'l I>I opn .iil.. WI'II' ' " !'• " < Ivi'i l< 11 ilcni.uidcd .1 ml'! ("" ' 111II (I 'Sl.dc:.' I mill.' amendment—calling fur outright 1L'peal nl !>:• i<in a Federal elt i'ti"M law enacted in 11142 which spccilieally waived |>nll-ta\ payments and local registration as voting rei| iireineiits. The vote on this ameiidi..tut 'A',i11!) to Hi. 'I he real battle on the (Ireen-l.lira s hill will come on a "eomp.oniise" plan, whipped up through a combination ot proposals by Senators Kaslland (Miss.. I).). Hall (Minn., I!.) and others. It would retain the Federal ballot plan for military voters from tiio.se states which tail to waive local ivgis;ration and which la I to provide a light weight stale ballot. Stocks Are Slightly Lower .Wa York. l ei. :! -<AI') -Tlio stock market drilled into -.1 glitly lower ground loday although a lew .•■pecialli''.. managed to maintain iiieir equilibrium or advaricc modoily. Occasa nal loeis included !r. S. Steel, Westinghoiise, fienei al Kle< tic. Southern liailwa.v. Stuidud 'III (New .lei.'.eyi and Te.\a Coiiipatl>. lioii'l. were :.t''ady. ('otmuodilies mo', ed narrowly. Government's Figuring Of Taxes is Suggested V\ isIiiiikIiiii, Irli. '1.— (AIM— ll'prrsrnt^dvr l(«brr(soii. (Va. I'.i. today proposed dial II"' Kovi I'liincnl Hscli Ik- required t<» liRiirr how miicli hicinni* lav is <>««d 11>* persons r.irniiu; •••>** I ii i ii s.1.000 a year. 1 "'l t. (ill';, ||| • »| if »s« 11, A Inch would " ••|>i>i<imiii.itcly 3n.oiMi.unn |hm' ' '■■■■:- .lllimittl'tl l<> I'll' House i •'> .Hid Mr,ins committee a- that 1,1 "l.v ln'Hiin ;i search for some method 1,1 'n plifyitm the income lux stnic'• found pr. etieahle. the plan affoct returns of smnll lax* I'lyns due between nrtw and March ' ' I* is intended as a relief measure l"'iiili!i« ,| general simplification and *tii"uiiduuiig of llic lux sialulfj. The Virginian would pmvidc that taxpayers with . iiniiiil income below wImi elect l<> 111«- (lie optional form 11»I(• A return. iiui.v report only Urn income. credit loi dependents, lamily stains and victory t;ix mid liolify tin- taxpayer Iioh milch was owning. This could be pa:d within I" daye. Holtcrt: mi lid tii" prMcticsihility «>l his proposal depended on whether the internal revenue bureau itself is sufficiently si ffed to compute the millions of returns. Hobertson said. "La-t year Ifi.0(1(1.(111(1 rclnrns were filed on 1040-A. This year there will he at least 12.(I0(i.(i(tii more eleRible to use Ihe short form, none of whom liavo had previous experience in the preparation ul d leluui crack iteeaiisc the (•«*riiiii;is will fieht desperately w th reserves from Heval. Only eluht iii:!«^ iv. .m the r;\,ir of Finland. il is v irtually a seaport. South and southwest of l.enieKrad. Hit- Hnss an i>l tensive developed more speed. The Rc-fl army w;i> .•.weeping in more large areas and thickly populated villages and moving i". en closer toward the Leningrad-Pskov railroad l>e!.i\v 1. ic> Front dlxpiitchra said (lie Germans continued t.> llee in some sectors. Kiltie amounts of iiooly are heing collected and indications are that nothing like a similar amount ol war material has been captured in the war tn date (A Copenhagen dispatch t• • a principal Slockldom newspa|M>r :aid the Germans has» seizerl ev en Danish ships for use in e- acuatim; I'.altic areas menaced liv the f>'i.-sians.) Some Leaders Of Party Plan Not To iMeet Washington. I'eli. 2 (AP> Rot!!' I (i inni i a1 who hav e been active "i party colili'-il: ill the past will ail-sent theinsU ve: Iron tlr vi a:-'-: n • lioiial convention bee; u:c they !»••lieve President II(MiS('VPll v. ill l»>nominated on the l:rst haliot aiel ro* ceded that < p|msilion is f11's* 'I'lev lia\e a lecling, ill fjic*. that opposition tn an.'' iu 'Ve to reii'i inii.ite Mr I{• M> evelt may he cn:i.jderahly le»> than ! v.a- in ISMn. Ainoim tlio.-,. icpi'i lcdly con-idei • i I in missing Hie convention is Senator livid. "I Virginia, who has h e.i advanced as a possible presidential candidate However. : n !••• o| tho ivi 'v" fourth term opponents h; ve made il clear thai they will he on hand when the convention meets iinH do what they can to force the select ":i ol another candidate. Among Ihesc may he .fames A. Farley, former national chairm n and row New York Slate chairman IVEATHIR H)lt NOItTII CAROLINA Partly cloudy and not <|iiilr so coot loniclil. Thursd;iv. p.irtlv rlnitd.v and moderate temperatures. THEY GOT TO LENINGRAD—AS PRISONERS orw*i WHEN THIS LONG NAZI line finatly entered T.enin.Tnd, they marched as captives and n«t a r<v. ; roiv. As sliown in this r.i: •!<•. ti.ov fomtcd n facttr ■ ' •> »m, drearily winding their way Unont li the s treels of the '• h'eh U--»y h;.d so lony held in sic^c- - jut hero they :;ct their lii st look al :t. (/<.. .^nmint) Allies Tear into Cjustav Line RAF Mosquitoes Raid Berlin Yanks and French Advance Deeper in North Cassino Line \ lli'-ii llcaditaarlprs. Algiers, |;rb.< ■;— (AI*• — American and I'jTllcli troops convert in:; north of ( assmo have lorn away several mill's iil° tlie Nazis' strung (itistav line, and an- advancing iIivjiit in a grim struggle, Allied lirad<|iiarli'i°s announced tuday. in tlio west. mi the Aiizio bridueheail. Allici itiv asion ti'<iu|>s» threw back a stirottg German counterattack west olVittoi .i - ppniicd liy tanks and artillery. ;11:>t ..ivanced ill si'ttw areas. Brilixh IriHHM are [igltlinj hard near Ciinipnlciiin' only 10 miles bcl-nv l.ome, .iiid American units are :it ui ns with tin' i ri'iny near Cis•crna II idles ilnrtlieaM ol All/in. A lu'.i.li|ii,irti'i nllicer declared tin- Genua..-- stiil are building up .i larger 1> ve near the beachhead, itnd a heavy counterattack may be expected ;-nii Allied reinforcements are pmirina into '!:• .n ,-!i■ t ii. now 1 I mile, long .i"(l ' i •• t lies (k'CI» ill the avcr;..'f. • prongs rtiuniii:{ Considerably I:. ;j el inland. < >ii llie mi l-'it'h Army front, American and French troo|t8 are Huli'lMK side liy f ile as the speariu. <!■ "i their nllack join in the ,.i< i aiiirte the i> l:»n <>l C'as.sillo. 'II.ey atl.iiiiced a mile, seizing 1111111' I i jilts, and S. units now .in- w 'i ii a I ili i Terelli, .-nme five 111 i i• • iii rtlnvi ■ of CiiRiino. A battle i o\v i i on Ml. M.itma soithfwcsl n| T<-refit*. and German taruets in ii y a.eas .ac being llll'P|Hll tip University Is Preparing For Postwar In I In- -.r U alt'-r llotcl. I! iil> llisp.-lcli I'lireail. in IANN MsitK'l I! ile u'a. I'*«•'•. A lull lou, -year liic'l.cal «-*.•» >1 ''i a eenl 1 a 1 lio • liilal el tint les lltati DOI1 InhIx t Chapel II I! i Ii to come about a l e - ill • n i-niii • :' iation> of (lovci nor l!ioauliloti tn the board el tin In ol the North Carolina University this wi'el:. The Stale now lias two lull tneil■ i 11 ehool: I ml,i and Itow ilian Gray (•nil oi Wake Forest, I loth these are pn\ ati ■ ( • ■ n 1 i'o! « 11. So (tn as the State iT-1•! I concerned the best he:c!iitoie niiin I was the two-year Ii i-I cal ehool ,i: Chapel Mill Aetn a by :hc ini I Monday will pift th. . school in the loi r year class. It i well known that medical school* in i.i h i e patients lor cxIii-i.1111'iitat-ii and training. That is why, tliroiiuh many years, no st ndaid medieai colleges could be maintained iii .in .11 communities. Whether the ide i ue'ie ally acceptable 01 not, : ome pba i ^>t socialised mcd(Conlinuotl on Pd«c Six) Breaks All RecoreL EIGHT decorations, the highest number ever awarded one man at or.e time, are worn (above) by S-.a:I Scrgt.O. R. Germann, 25, of Moron, W]ro4*krht received them all in a single day on his return 40 England from an African hospital. *l'hc c.ccoratioiio arc: Silver Star, DFC with oak leaf cluster. Purple Heart, A.r Medal with three clusters. S :i..I Corps radioDhoto. (International) Farm Bureau Pledges Farm Crop Planting It.ili 1.: i 1. If.) - ( AIM t (*:n •>]in.iFii'. iii lluri'iiu Federal am. I ii|H iiitiu ii.- • *11114,•I lwu-<l;i,v i-imtt i cm ■ In i ' '"(I driliealed ilM'll 1"! ;< i 1 -•••. 11 prtxlucliiin • *i inwnliiil wii | el ips ill !!li t Hi'l < lied I'T '<1 ,Jt i< HI 111 1 p > ' - . 1: I- ••Kl'-lin (It'MIMili' In deal Willi iaim |>1 i.ldeirs. vii i n mod'ty i-nnfereiteej. iiiii! *■< mi: 1 •: t (t iieolilics. iliel'i.l . 1 I hi (Ic.ililll; Willi t 1.ice" Hi!' I ,.ivl peanuts. wen held diirinu '11 liitiiliiiiK M'ssM'ii K.ifh roilfcronc rlr. It wilh problems ' lirliim e 11/•ent j 11 *• ii11 el 1111 ,1'ul i: rUcli in. | Tin- lobaee-> croup. under the >li■ re< tinli Hi ('hail r.ill T. Ilick.-. •! I \V,.ls1"iiblirj!. adopled a iTKolut: hi ciilliiitf fur the diwonllnti ncc of 1 "ti'iiu'fn ill li*1 merits tn purchase,-. mi which ceiling prices have been 1 established The resolution saId the n|nhitinn wa- "detrimental ti the production ami iiiarUetinc <•! the flue-cured tobacco crop." and it railed on the .Oflwe m( I'i re Vl i ■ lustration and 1 tin1 Win i**i 11 ii 1 Administration to i (Contmued on Page Six) Other West Germany Targets Are Hit by The British Bombers I.0111I011. I'cli. 2—(AP)—KA*' Miisquilii linniltrrs sluliliril at JJorlin last night to set I hi- ail raiil sirens 'muling in tin- devastated German capital for the fourtli time in six nights, tins air ministry anniMincrd today. The fleet plywood British raiders, the announcement said, also attacked other targets in western Germany. the identity of which was not disclosed. The air ministry disclosed that the HAF had loosed 1(i.5(HI t ins «'t explosives 011 Germany Uurm^ Junior bombing attacks on the lteich. tiarv to break all monthly records In addition to the I fi.aliO tons dropped on Germany. api>:oximaiel.v l.atio I < ills hi explos.ves were showered down on otiici European objectives l»v lhe HAF I;..-: month. Allies Control South Side Of New Guinea Advanced Allied I li*«ifi(|narters. Xnv Gtiiie.i, Fob. 2 (AIM—Allied eiiii 11 ij| 1 *1 j.ii.j ni tf 14 ;ndei side 01 New Glmea was indicated today in •'Ifit'iid rejMirl thai the JitpniH-'sc I:.id sulfared a high j>ercentajto loss 111 an iV. 1 * l(t :ijc molil!i o! Kii.mdcn ictioii r ' re Allan I.Vpori • tir.-! he.i(!'( .. local , .v.utii New G nea Mori Mm.-, i,y. Th l ii n.d. n n. ci ( ;' I M« ilHitltld (MM) ol ■ Moresby. |; ri'l ■>: ; ol I).,|| ii I: 00 NY.-. IV 1,1 Two Miilion Ton Armada Backs Forces Strong Opposition Of Enemy in Fight for Atoll of Kwajalein I Vail liar!,or. Kl>c. 2— (AT) — iluhvarketl l»\ more than "J,immhmmi inn- nf naval might: I'niteil States forces which »uci-( — sfttliy invaded Japan's M.<rshall Mauds h\ a hold. backdoor r halt 1' ii today for Kwaiai'in aJoil. a key position mi strategic that if* ciilH|u<>st; ma> if cllic time topple tin' a piiii<— I'ron ail area of Ihu Pacific 8U(t miles xpiarc. Ti ' i: , . . It Mond. .ii M. ; I- uilli ()!>n' the north ..net L'liitt'u States army vet« cntiui ol Attn Innding fruin ttio Wiuth 11 • •. • te »1 the tort t ect '■<-n' ■ i llatir. I line \li, . T!i< v bypass.-.! tern iH.idai;) • lis ; ..111 : • .I.- nlaec.'l ■ Heai Acini, liichmund K. : • i ir. amphibio is op.: ' • them (.• !• t \ ■ ' "|»; U'iii. '.in' Mil •; • 11 .. i >Schniiilt . :<■: |j«tsiliong nciir I • < - :. ri ... Oil tin* !!• • end •: Kwajalein, world's Nearly 60 iles :■ the smith, Sev< nth lnlantrv l>\ .- n veteran; <>l Attn under Mujoi General* Charles II foil.lt. l.iutcil .li.se- to Kwajalein islet. a heavily defended s!hi>-j. st .pi; •■«• mirt s : .marine b:isc. Sixty six-mile long Kwajalel ; l .11- is ti.e h ■■ •• deleiit-cs ain..ii!! the Marshall atolls wiileh bar the way t-. Japan's naval base Truk. nvir ellian l,2(Ki miles ... the southwest. atu< t-1 T< l;v<i. 2.700 statute liiili-s tn tin- northwest. Under ti.e overall command of Vice Attn iial I." A. Spruance. the most ijowerful fleet ever assembled. nuli..'eiu i ;eu battleships. aireratt earners ind even secret type vessels. esr.i; :<•(! the transports anri landing e i the invasion seep", 2.000 mile* . • ithwest of Pearl Harl)or. Hetoiv .Hidings. lug Rtll:< ..£ the nav al e.-<•■ . t churned Kwajalein ami other atolls Villi a ternfic bombardment. Constant supiit s being affordeii tlie u .. ve ■ ri. - by land-b:ise'l planes—Seventh AAF units ->i Major Genet I William H. Hate: flee' a : v. II.' : Is of Hear Admiral .1' i l> 1'r <■ .ind hundreds of plane- Iron the carrier forces of Rear Admiral March MJtscher. Despite such massing of power, ll<- Ami *, an- were preparer! fee weeks ot lighting. it need lie. i. put down Japanese resistance, oranijsed f. i i r' centi. y in tlio ■ • l;itcd Marshall*. Uniloublfti'y, ■' •-■• .ieleiisi ii( ' fie strong mill. ' sr -und fortifications I he ur.'1. ty of the aet am was rec.mii/ed in Japan. Cotton Prices Are Mixed. I<i. If I \ I *) —CntpVt ' i .m l,..nged tu ten tliei and l rents i M rcli 211.31, Mny ( "|o I ' I (pi *1 •_'<> 27 :f(i ;!!> if:»v id.'j); Ifin:: hi.03 If I ti 10.17 I ::.!»!■ r:»» ooviH r 01T1&11 rohcv lias v9L*4fcat Possibilities M'isciiw. Kcli ;! i i-irti (iiplmtiulK cxiiinininii 1 he Soviet t'mon's i< foil .ti iirl « n t'i re I 1 kinship "I Ilk it. n in i . v i the «nil.M(|i- \v>i Id ;>■<I,i;, ■ |)'»*^ ll'hlio fill- 111 I it, 1 i -||.| . !■ innsl (*lii>ti(' lorcu'ti i l . i n. ft«»\'Cl'lllliont ill tin" M • ; ir| HI. \ |,| coukl dive iiiimsia ih • ittxtritimiy tu ii a moot wcijih' in Allied toum ils. liU'Dvisiiig mlcrcsl v. is shuwi, i»i tin1 I remit* <>! the new iirniriim might tills**. cs|icci.i!lv \V||||| I'l l '! • S.u ;cl I'nmil will M'fk III s*"l III' III. ti< <H'tC:.rnltfU"iis III Ihr ■ o.11:)tries with which it now ha:, diplo In.lit J I «.,l h»| ,n t(» A »i omy ol the reptibk'H i.i f.i-« ' • 1 ■ 1 e the Si \h-'i ' ' : • « ■ for mulii|ilo ''I■ 1» • icli < <;iinci!s ii>i '' ' ol x.iii'nis like IJtaf cn|».V the liritinh ComimimvenUlt ol N.-.ticns. ' ' 1' ""! ili >»n;»t i<- i ■ il llOI'it i<>.4 'W'l the Hums tap# htivo !' Ih"'1 <>ft i in Ii.imI piece 'if work in nternatiotiHl ftlplofnncy. no n:;ii« l' i wli.il lie the ilnmcdiii'o (level* "pilU'lltn. - I If'I I (■ \'( -i | Will • •■•I. !.• n;il|/f mitrh as legnlly posiible from the reconstruction.
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